Begin Again novel Chapter 123

Dazedly, Eden drifted in front of the screen and watched the news anchor report live from the N1, where three of Anderson Logistics freight trucks, en route to shipping depots in different parts of the country, were engulfed in flames, in what the police had termed a highly sophisticated attack.

The reasons for the ambush, though, were still unclear.

Within seconds, Liam's office door shot open. Matthew, Julian, and the other senior executives stormed in, along with their PAs, and they all held an impromptu meeting.

The room was in stunning chaos for three hours as everyone lost their heads trying to do damage control.

Julian was close to tears as they all watched Anderson Logistics' share prices tank on the markets.

Matthew had a PR nightmare on his hands. Speculations and rumours about the attack, which was eerily similar to those that had befallen other logistics companies in recent days, were already spreading like wildfire. Every man and his dog suspected it was linked to the Ivanov twins and Rock Castle's underworld.

Liam had the daunting task of breaking the horrendous news no one should ever have to deliver to the families of his deceased drivers.

He also had the difficult job of facing the press.

The PR team had to draft a stellar press release and arrange a press conference that would normally take a good couple of days to plan in under an hour.

Eden lingered in the room for a while. But she may as well not have been there because not a single person asked her for help. Not that she'd know what to do anyway if they did.

Tired of being a useless wallflower, she kept herself busy by arranging refreshments and snacks and all the files needed as everyone worked well into the night.

Sometime after 8:00 PM, during a quick body break and a leg stretch, Eden called Brenda to let her know she won't be home for a while due to a work crisis.

Her nanny was a superstar as always and assured her she and Aiden were okay.

"Give him a kiss for me," she said before she hung up.

When she returned to Liam's office, he was freshly showered and all suited up, his face grim. Gibby and a makeup artist fussed over him as they got him camera ready while speech writers shoved tons of papers in his face and walked him through the press briefing.

Clara had called in sick, so she missed all the craziness. But she was constantly texting Eden for a status update.

Eden muted her phone after a few back and forths and ignored the rest of her texts. She saw no point in stressing her friend out when she was so sick and couldn't exactly help.

At 9:00 PM, everyone raced down to the auditorium on the first floor, where a hoard of press agents was waiting, ready to devour Liam.